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[Multitrack] "That's Why I Love You" I recorded an a cappella version of 'That's Why I Love You' by The Flamingos.
21st Aug 2009
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[Multitrack] "That's Why I Love You"

from Jordan Eldredge's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

21st Aug 2009
I recorded an a cappella version of 'That's Why I Love You' by The Flamingos.
23rd Dec 2018
Recently We went apple picking this month in New Jersey, and one of the farms had these two golden retrievers...
1st Nov 2022
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Recently

from macwright.com [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Nov 2022
We went apple picking this month in New Jersey, and one of the farms had these two golden retrievers in their own, private, enormous pen. It was a petting zoo, but with two golden retrievers. They defended their space against other dogs who wanted to say hi, but stayed near the...
Computational Notebooks Shareable, browser-based documents that can compile and run code
18th Apr 2023
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Computational Notebooks

from Maggie Appleton [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Apr 2023
Shareable, browser-based documents that can compile and run code
Critical Trade Theory You know about Critical Race Theory, right? It says that if there’s an imbalance in, say, income...
10th Apr 2025
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Critical Trade Theory

from the singularity is nearer [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Apr 2025
You know about Critical Race Theory, right? It says that if there’s an imbalance in, say, income between races, it must be due to discrimination. This is what wokism seems to be, and it’s moronic and false. The right wing has invented something equally stupid. Introducing...
Galloping Search I recently learned about Galloping Search while building a distributed log called s3-log. It’s used...
7th Dec 2024
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Galloping Search

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Dec 2024
I recently learned about Galloping Search while building a distributed log called s3-log. It’s used to search sorted items when the upper bound is unknown. In this short post, I will share my notes and other alternatives I discovered for searching over unbounded items
Early days of AI Rather then view LLMs, Transformers, and diffusion models as part of a continuum with past "AI", it...
21st Aug 2023
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Early days of AI

from Elad Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

21st Aug 2023
Rather then view LLMs, Transformers, and diffusion models as part of a continuum with past "AI", it is worth thinking of this as an entirely new era and discontinuity from the past
Disenchantment Three days had now passed since there was electricity. Refiloe had 10% battery life left on her...
1st Jul 2023
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Disenchantment

from Patrick Kayongo [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jul 2023
Three days had now passed since there was electricity. Refiloe had 10% battery life left on her phone after recharging at her parents’ home earlier in the day. In addition to that, there had been no water since the morning. Joburg Water had promised restoration by 2pm, but 48...
How To Quiet Down Your 3D Printer When I first got my 3D printer, I built an enclosure to protect it from dust, maintain a consistent...
24th Dec 2023
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How To Quiet Down Your 3D Printer

from Alex Meub [alt+shift+b] in programming

24th Dec 2023
When I first got my 3D printer, I built an enclosure to protect it from dust, maintain a consistent temperature, and minimize noise. I was surprised to find that the enclosure didn’t reduce noise that significantly. I then placed a patio paver under my printer, which made it...
Clickable Links Inside XML Clickable Links Inside XML 2022-06-20 With the recent patch1 to the Shinobi Website project, I...
20th Jun 2022
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Clickable Links Inside XML

from bt RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th Jun 2022
Clickable Links Inside XML 2022-06-20 With the recent patch1 to the Shinobi Website project, I thought it would be best to share my experience implementing clickable links inside a rendered XML RSS file directly through a browser. This is made possible thanks to the awesome power...
Finally! I said "no"! 😱 The only offer on the table I'm no beggar I haven't been super vocal about this very...
17th Apr 2023
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Finally!

from Sometimes It Works :: simonhamp.me [alt+shift+b] in programming

17th Apr 2023
I said "no"! 😱 The only offer on the table I'm no beggar I haven't been super vocal about this very much over the past few months (I maybe need to be better at that?), but you may know that I left Elvie back at the end of October 2022. I was there for almost 6 years, the...
Protecting Godot games against reverse engineering Godot games are known to be easy to reverse engineer. Simple tools can extract assets and source...
3rd Apr 2026
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Protecting Godot games against reverse engineering

from Alice GG [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Apr 2026
Godot games are known to be easy to reverse engineer. Simple tools can extract assets and source code from the packaged files. If you are making commercial games you probably want to take some steps to avoid this. Jorien Loman Godot RE Tools The most popular Godot reverse...
Getting in shape for summer This month we have mostly minor maintenance updates as we gear up for a feature-filled future...
2nd Jun 2023
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Getting in shape for summer

from elementary Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Jun 2023
This month we have mostly minor maintenance updates as we gear up for a feature-filled future release. Enjoy a mild May because this summer is going to get hot! Calculator Calculator now follows keyboard shortcuts for copy and paste, even when the main text entry isn’t focused,...
First week of Byte-Sized Tech It has been a week since I announced my telegram channel byte-sized tech. My main goal in creating...
6th Sep 2024
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First week of Byte-Sized Tech

from Eliran Turgeman [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Sep 2024
It has been a week since I announced my telegram channel byte-sized tech. My main goal in creating this channel was to read tech books. I wanted to summarize them to avoid just skimming. It hasn’t gained much traffic yet. But, I hope it will resonate with more people so that I...
2 weeks ago
Harm reduction principles for digital accessibility practitioners I debuted these principles in my axe-con 2025 talk, It is designed to break your heart: Cultivating...
6th Mar 2025
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Harm reduction principles for digital accessibility practitioners

from Eric Bailey [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Mar 2025
I debuted these principles in my axe-con 2025 talk, It is designed to break your heart: Cultivating a harm reduction mindset as an accessibility practitioner. They are adapted from The National Harm Reduction Coalition’s original eight principles. My adapted principles reflect...
What I'm up to - July 2025 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Jul 2025
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What I'm up to - July 2025

from Philip Ilic Thomas [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jul 2025
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in last month - I wrote a post about open-sourcing Postcard. The post got picked up by Hacker News...
The Epic Stack Introducing an opinionated project starter that enables web development teams to ship their ideas to...
10th May 2023
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The Epic Stack

from Epic Web Dev [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th May 2023
Introducing an opinionated project starter that enables web development teams to ship their ideas to production more efficiently.
The RP2350-USB-A cannot see devices disconnect What’s better for New Year’s Eve than debugging some USB hardware issues? In my previous article, I...
1st Jan 2026
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The RP2350-USB-A cannot see devices disconnect

from Quentin Santos [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jan 2026
What’s better for New Year’s Eve than debugging some USB hardware issues? In my previous article, I explained how the design of Waveshare’s RP2350-USB-A can make the USB-A host connector incapable of detecting certain USB devices, and of any hot-plugging. The solution was to...
A Mental Model for Data in UI Applications A technology-agnostic model of the layers that naturally arise in any reasonably sized application,...
26th Sep 2025
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A Mental Model for Data in UI Applications

from Jordan Eldredge's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

26th Sep 2025
A technology-agnostic model of the layers that naturally arise in any reasonably sized application, and the abstract properties of each layer.
Are we the baddies? I signed up for Hinge. Holy shit with the boosts. How does someone who works on this wake up every...
5th Jul 2025
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Are we the baddies?

from the singularity is nearer [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Jul 2025
I signed up for Hinge. Holy shit with the boosts. How does someone who works on this wake up every morning and feel okay about themselves? Similarly with the tip screens, Uber algorithm, all the zero sum bullshit using all the tricks of psychology to extract a little bit more...
On life as an independent contractor right now Before I start: I’m writing this both to clear my head and to vent / rant a little, but also in...
1st Nov 2024
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On life as an independent contractor right now

from On Test Automation [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Nov 2024
Before I start: I’m writing this both to clear my head and to vent / rant a little, but also in response to people both from the Netherlands and from abroad who have shown interest in working as an independent contractor over here. As Google Analytics tell me only a small portion...
Why we charge daily: Tinloof’s pricing model explained This article explains why Tinloof bills on a daily basis instead of a fixed rate.
6th Jun 2023
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Why we charge daily: Tinloof’s pricing model explained

from Tinloof - Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Jun 2023
This article explains why Tinloof bills on a daily basis instead of a fixed rate.
Finding the biggest items in my Photos Library I’m approaching the limit of my current iCloud storage tier, and most of that is my Photos...
15th Oct 2023
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Finding the biggest items in my Photos Library

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th Oct 2023
I’m approaching the limit of my current iCloud storage tier, and most of that is my Photos Library. I don’t really want to pay for the next iCloud storage tier – I’d be tripling my bill, but I’d barely use the extra space. (My library grows pretty slowly – I’ve only added ~6GB of...
Stuff I've been working on It’s been around 2 years that I’ve had to stop with my long-term addiction to stable jobs. Quite a...
7th Oct 2024
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Stuff I've been working on

from Alice GG [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Oct 2024
It’s been around 2 years that I’ve had to stop with my long-term addiction to stable jobs. Quite a few people who read this blog are wondering what the hell exactly I’ve been doing since then so I’m going to update all of you on the various projects I’ve been working on. Meme...
2018: A year in review It’s the end of the year, and I’ve been reflecting on what I accomplished this year and what I...
22nd Dec 2018
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2018: A year in review

from Daniel Immke [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Dec 2018
It’s the end of the year, and I’ve been reflecting on what I accomplished this year and what I didn’t, as well as what I can do better next…
Announcing Hondo Updating Quina to version 2.0 filled my head with new ideas that I just couldn't walk away from....
14th Jul 2022
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Announcing Hondo

from Josh Collinsworth [alt+shift+b] in programming

14th Jul 2022
Updating Quina to version 2.0 filled my head with new ideas that I just couldn't walk away from. Eventually, those ideas took the shape of a whole new word game, named Hondo.
Ink Note Q2 2025: Scribble on your Google Calendar How would it feel if you could scribble on top of your Google Calendar events?
22nd May 2025
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Ink Note Q2 2025: Scribble on your Google Calendar

from Ink & Switch [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd May 2025
How would it feel if you could scribble on top of your Google Calendar events?
Systems and Processes that Aren't in Code are Terrifying My worst enemy is processes that a developer spun up years ago on a server everyone has forgotten...
3rd Oct 2019
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Systems and Processes that Aren't in Code are Terrifying

from Boot.dev Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Oct 2019
My worst enemy is processes that a developer spun up years ago on a server everyone has forgotten about. I don’t know how to find these systems reliably, I don’t know where they came from, what depends on them, and if they are safe to delete. For example, the dreaded 15 6 2 1 *...
Where the Bitter Lesson ends Humanity only has one engineering project, building better engineers than humans. After that, the...
27th Mar 2024
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Where the Bitter Lesson ends

from the singularity is nearer [alt+shift+b] in programming

27th Mar 2024
Humanity only has one engineering project, building better engineers than humans. After that, the thing we built can do the engineering. Clips have been making the rounds on Twitter from my second Lex about the “bishop guy” in a chess engine, or a “cone guy” in a self driving...
Cormac McCarthy's library Sensitive article about the famous author's home stuffed with 20,000 books
1st Sep 2025
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Cormac McCarthy's library

from Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Sep 2025
Sensitive article about the famous author's home stuffed with 20,000 books
Should I buy or should I build? Pop quiz, hotshot. How much does it cost to build a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster? Quick, no...
14th Aug 2022
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Should I buy or should I build?

from DevOps - Bitfield Consulting [alt+shift+b] in programming

14th Aug 2022
Pop quiz, hotshot. How much does it cost to build a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster? Quick, no conferring. If you thought the answer was “nothing”, go to the back of the class.
Beaglebone Black Setup on Debian 8 Flash eMMC with latest Debian image Download Debian image...
1st Apr 2016
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Beaglebone Black Setup on Debian 8

from Tyler Cipriani: blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Apr 2016
Flash eMMC with latest Debian image Download Debian image [whatever].img.xz http://beagleboard.org/latest-images unxz bone-debian-7.8-lxde-4gb-armhf-2015-03-01-4gb.img.xz Insert microSD card and make sure that it is unmounted lsblk fdisk -l Copy the img to the microSD...
Building an E-Ink Joke of the Day Fridge Magnet My 6-year-old is obsessed with jokes and often asks me for any new ones I’ve heard. I usually can’t...
15th Jun 2023
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Building an E-Ink Joke of the Day Fridge Magnet

from Alex Meub [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th Jun 2023
My 6-year-old is obsessed with jokes and often asks me for any new ones I’ve heard. I usually can’t remember many, which gave me the idea of creating a fridge magnet to display jokes in our kitchen. This is the finished product: I wanted a highly readable and battery-efficient...
Chartjunk: What I've learned about data visualization For many people the first word that comes to mind when they think about statistical charts is...
18th May 2023
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Chartjunk: What I've learned about data visualization

from Tyler Cipriani: blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th May 2023
For many people the first word that comes to mind when they think about statistical charts is “lie.” – Edward R. Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information I wish we could all agree: pie charts should die. I know this is unreasonable. And pie charts are only part of...
The Lindy Effect on startup potential On average, you're halfway to your final destination. How, then, do we not only double from here,...
9th Jun 2024
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The Lindy Effect on startup potential

from A Smart Bear [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Jun 2024
On average, you're halfway to your final destination. How, then, do we not only double from here, but 10x?
Building openring with Jekyll Build Building openring with Jekyll Build 2022-12-02 I think it’s great when bloggers post their own...
2nd Dec 2022
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Building openring with Jekyll Build

from bt RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Dec 2022
Building openring with Jekyll Build 2022-12-02 I think it’s great when bloggers post their own personal “reading list” of blogs they themselves follow. Whether this is a customized Blogroll page or footnotes in their individual articles, I find it really helpful to find more...
Launching the Coding Career Handbook! I'm launching my career advice book today!
1st Jul 2020
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Launching the Coding Career Handbook!

from swyx's site RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jul 2020
I'm launching my career advice book today!
Boot.dev's Lead Engineer Interviewed on "Running in Production" The podcast is available here. Before I begin, I must give thanks to Nick for having me on the show!...
9th Dec 2019
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Boot.dev's Lead Engineer Interviewed on "Running in Production"

from Boot.dev Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Dec 2019
The podcast is available here. Before I begin, I must give thanks to Nick for having me on the show! In this episode of Running in Production, I talk with Nick about how we built boot.dev, an open-source password manager that specializes in cryptocurrency. Boot.dev uses Electron...
whippet in guile hacklog: evacuation Good evening, hackfolk. A quick note this evening to record a waypoint in my efforts to improve...
11th Jun 2025
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whippet in guile hacklog: evacuation

from wingolog [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Jun 2025
Good evening, hackfolk. A quick note this evening to record a waypoint in my efforts to improve Guile’s memory manager. So, I got Guile running on top of the API. This API can be implemented by a number of concrete garbage collector implementations. The implementation backed...
Build vs Buy: age old dilemma The age-old dilemma that technical co-founders get confronted with: should I build it from scratch...
5th Mar 2023
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Build vs Buy: age old dilemma

from Vadim Kravcenko [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Mar 2023
The age-old dilemma that technical co-founders get confronted with: should I build it from scratch or buy some off-the-shelf solution? […] The post Build vs Buy: age old dilemma appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
The Best Resources for Entrepreneurial Developers My background is as a developer, but I've been running my own business since 2008. For advice about...
10th Apr 2014
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The Best Resources for Entrepreneurial Developers

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Apr 2014
My background is as a developer, but I've been running my own business since 2008. For advice about business, I've always found other entrepreneurial developers are the best source, as they tend to have faced similar challenges to my own. If you're a developer starting your own...
My Stance on AI-generated Code I recently added this to Shoelace's contribution guidelines, which sums up my position on...
8th Jul 2022
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My Stance on AI-generated Code

from A Beautiful Site [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Jul 2022
I recently added this to Shoelace's contribution guidelines, which sums up my position on AI-generated code. As an open source maintainer, I respectfully ask that you refrain from using AI-generated code when contributing to this project. This includes code generated by tools...
Legal aid charities for immigrants (2024) The Trump administration has made aggressive threats against immigrants in the US. It’s not clear...
27th Nov 2024
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Legal aid charities for immigrants (2024)

from Nelson's Weblog [alt+shift+b] in programming

27th Nov 2024
The Trump administration has made aggressive threats against immigrants in the US. It’s not clear what’s coming, my biggest fear is a violent display of fascism. (Don’t call them camps!) But even if it’s a polite legal process it will be chaotic and disruptive to many...
1st Sep 2023
Managing your Kubernetes cluster using Helm and Terraform In a previous post, I explained how to manage a Kubernetes cluster with FluxCD. This showed a way to...
10th Oct 2022
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Managing your Kubernetes cluster using Helm and Terraform

from Alice GG [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Oct 2022
In a previous post, I explained how to manage a Kubernetes cluster with FluxCD. This showed a way to implement a GitOps workflow, which means using a Git repository as the source of truth for the state of your cluster. Flux introduces multiple new objects in your Kubernetes...
Git Advice Git can be confusing. It’s more confusing fumbling with git under pressure. As a release engineer...
31st Jul 2018
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Git Advice

from Tyler Cipriani: blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

31st Jul 2018
Git can be confusing. It’s more confusing fumbling with git under pressure. As a release engineer fumbling with git under pressure is a appreciable chunk of my job; as such, I’ve learned a trick or two. Recently I added some general git advice to our shared wiki page for...
Stimela 23 June 1898. Mqanduli, Tembuland. “But who’s going to teach our sons to become men?” Gcinikhaya...
28th Jan 2023
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Stimela

from Patrick Kayongo [alt+shift+b] in programming

28th Jan 2023
23 June 1898. Mqanduli, Tembuland. “But who’s going to teach our sons to become men?” Gcinikhaya asked this while squashing the newspaper within her clenched fist. Her lips were quivering, her face contorted to hold back the tears of anger and fear. “My brother went to the mines...
My jeans’ metadata may outlive the company that sold them I buy clothing in sudden bursts of need. I do this because I wear things past the point where I...
11th Jul 2023
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My jeans’ metadata may outlive the company that sold them

from Eric Bailey [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Jul 2023
I buy clothing in sudden bursts of need. I do this because I wear things past the point where I probably should not, and then rush to address the gap so I don’t look strange on a Zoom call or at the grocery store. This is to say that quarantine has melted my brain. Speaking of...
Lerna vs Turborepo vs Rush: Which is better in 2023? Monorepos are becoming more and more popular with web development. In this article, we will compare...
5th Feb 2023
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Lerna vs Turborepo vs Rush: Which is better in 2023?

from ByteofDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Feb 2023
Monorepos are becoming more and more popular with web development. In this article, we will compare some of the most popular monorepo tools' performance, ease of use, and more.
Modeling impact of LLMs on Developer Experience. In How should you adopt Large Language Models? (LLMs), we considered how LLMs might impact a...
6th Oct 2024
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Modeling impact of LLMs on Developer Experience.

from Irrational Exuberance [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Oct 2024
In How should you adopt Large Language Models? (LLMs), we considered how LLMs might impact a company’s developer experience. To support that exploration, I’ve developed a system model of the developing software at the company. In this chapter, we’ll work through: Summary results...
How to clean up after your NextJS dev server Sometimes you need to modify files when building a web application that must be reverted before...
10th Nov 2023
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How to clean up after your NextJS dev server

from SOS [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Nov 2023
Sometimes you need to modify files when building a web application that must be reverted before committing. In my case I’m building a Chrome extension that reads from a NextJS based web service, and when I’m working on the browser extension it reads from http://localhost:3005, so...
Localization Localization
1st May 2025
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Localization

from Buttondown's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2025
Localization
Caldera Music A new music playing server from the guy who founded Plex and wrote Plexamp
1st Aug 2026
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Caldera Music

from Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Aug 2026
A new music playing server from the guy who founded Plex and wrote Plexamp
How to change custom domain on Substack Since September, I've been running my AI newsletter on https://lspace.swyx.io
17th Mar 2023
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How to change custom domain on Substack

from swyx's site RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

17th Mar 2023
Since September, I've been running my AI newsletter on https://lspace.swyx.io
Flying Joy Wisdom from my 5-year-old: When flying in a small plane, it is important to give your dolls a...
28th Nov 2022
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Flying Joy

from The Changelog [alt+shift+b] in programming

28th Nov 2022
Wisdom from my 5-year-old: When flying in a small plane, it is important to give your dolls a headset and let them see out the window, too! Moments like this make me smile at being a pilot dad. A week ago, I also got to give 8 children and one adult their first ever ride …...
Running an Effective Book Club at Work Even with the wealth of information on web sites and in videos, books remain a great resource for...
9th Jul 2022
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Running an Effective Book Club at Work

from ntietz.com blog - technically a blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Jul 2022
Even with the wealth of information on web sites and in videos, books remain a great resource for learning. And they're great for group learning, too! We've run a book club at work a few times. Some sessions were more successful than others. The main way our book clubs faltered...
Slack doesn't listen to its users. In a rush of hubris, Slack published a full page ad taunting Microsoft Teams in the New York...
4th Nov 2016
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Slack doesn't listen to its users.

from Liz Denys [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Nov 2016
In a rush of hubris, Slack published a full page ad taunting Microsoft Teams in the New York Times: That feeling when you think "we should buy a full page in the Times and publish an open letter," and then you do. 💫 pic.twitter.com/BQiEawRA6d — Stewart Butterfield (@stewart)...
There's no rebound in sight for unprofitable SaaS Anyone reviewing their S&P 500 retirement fund these days will do so with a broader smile than last...
19th Jul 2023
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There's no rebound in sight for unprofitable SaaS

from David Heinemeier Hansson [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Jul 2023
Anyone reviewing their S&P 500 retirement fund these days will do so with a broader smile than last year. The market as a whole is up, and if you're in the whole market, you're benefitting. But all of that upside, basically, belongs to just a handful of mega tech companies. This...
The Grumpy Cricket (And Other Enormous Creatures) This Christmas, one of my gifts to my kids was a text adventure (interactive fiction) game for them....
25th Dec 2023
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The Grumpy Cricket (And Other Enormous Creatures)

from The Changelog [alt+shift+b] in programming

25th Dec 2023
This Christmas, one of my gifts to my kids was a text adventure (interactive fiction) game for them. Now that they’ve enjoyed it, I’m releasing it under the GPL v3. As interactive fiction, it’s like an e-book, but the reader is also the player, guiding the exploration of the...
Biotech companies I wish existed While one off companies may exist, I am surprised there is not more biotech activity in these areas
20th May 2025
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Biotech companies I wish existed

from Elad Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th May 2025
While one off companies may exist, I am surprised there is not more biotech activity in these areas
A link on a logo in the header, what should the alt-text be? by Rian Rietveld It's a common pattern to use a logo in the header as a link to the homepage. Fun...
1st Dec 2024
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A link on a logo in the header, what should the alt-text be?

from HTMHell [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Dec 2024
by Rian Rietveld It's a common pattern to use a logo in the header as a link to the homepage. Fun fact: the alt text of the image inside a link, will be added to the link text. The problem with linking a logo is that it serves 2 purposes: a logo, that tells you which site you are...
What we've learned about multi-product pricing (so far) PostHog started as a single product company. We just sold product analytics with a bunch of large...
17th Apr 2023
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What we've learned about multi-product pricing (so far)

from Eric Migicovsky's Blog RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

17th Apr 2023
PostHog started as a single product company. We just sold product analytics with a bunch of large extra features thrown in – session replay, feature…
1st Oct 2021
My path to OpenAI I started programming seriously during a gap year after high school. I’d read Turing’s Computing...
3rd May 2016
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My path to OpenAI

from Greg Brockman [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd May 2016
I started programming seriously during a gap year after high school. I’d read Turing’s Computing Machinery and Intelligence, and was inspired by the notion of writing code that could understand something that I, as the code’s author, did not. I started writing a chatbot — how...
State of Data Engineering 2024 Q1 The current state of data engineering offers a plethora of options in the market, which can be...
25th Jan 2024
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State of Data Engineering 2024 Q1

from Dan Quach Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

25th Jan 2024
The current state of data engineering offers a plethora of options in the market, which can be challenging when selecting the right tool We are approaching a period where the traditional boundaries between between databases, datalakes, and data warehouses are overlapping. As...
Everything I wanted 15 December 2020 I was sat in Heathrow at the end of January, riding an unimaginable professional...
15th Dec 2020
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Everything I wanted

from The Web Witch's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th Dec 2020
15 December 2020 I was sat in Heathrow at the end of January, riding an unimaginable professional high. I'd just spent a few days in Nottingham for New Adventures Conf before escaping to Leeds to saddle myself with a hangover that lasted 3 days(Oh Leeds) after which I spent an...
Security We value your data and are committed to keeping it safe and secure.
1st Feb 2025
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Security

from Buttondown's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Feb 2025
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How to Use Golang's Generics [Updated since 1.18] Generics in Go have been released with Go 1.18! This is one of the most eagerly-awaited features...
6th Dec 2021
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How to Use Golang's Generics [Updated since 1.18]

from Boot.dev Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Dec 2021
Generics in Go have been released with Go 1.18! This is one of the most eagerly-awaited features since the release of the language. Many devs have gone so far as to say Go’s previous lack of generic types made the language too painful to use at all. Let’s dive into what generics...
Bobcoin, blockchains, and cryptocurrency How do cryptocurrencies actually work, though? Join Alice and Bob as they embark on designing a...
12th Apr 2025
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Bobcoin, blockchains, and cryptocurrency

from Blog - Bitfield Consulting [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Apr 2025
How do cryptocurrencies actually work, though? Join Alice and Bob as they embark on designing a new digital ledger for secure “Bobcoin” transactions.
What I'm up to - October 2025 Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Oct 2025
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What I'm up to - October 2025

from Philip Ilic Thomas [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Oct 2025
Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in September - Spent Labor Day in Boulder - Went to Alchemy Springs Sauna in SF- I'm happy to see...
25th Apr 2022
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Joining Arcol

from James Vaughan's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

25th Apr 2022
Web standards are just "minor details" A friend of mine recently graduated and spread his wings by venturing into the corporate world. He...
2nd Jul 2007
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Web standards are just "minor details"

from A Beautiful Site [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Jul 2007
A friend of mine recently graduated and spread his wings by venturing into the corporate world. He obtained a position as a junior project manager for a web consulting firm in Atlanta. Their work is very professional and their designs are great, but it was immediately evident...
A picture is worth a thousand tags This shows how a picture can be turned into an HTML table. With this, you can not only have nicer...
8th May 2021
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A picture is worth a thousand tags

from Words and Buttons Online [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th May 2021
This shows how a picture can be turned into an HTML table. With this, you can not only have nicer tables or uglier pictures, but you can have something that is both at the same time.
Drawing mandalas with JavaScript and canvas Rewriting a PHP script from 2008 in JavaScript.
2nd Jan 2015
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Drawing mandalas with JavaScript and canvas

from Jordan Eldredge's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Jan 2015
Rewriting a PHP script from 2008 in JavaScript.
Clickable Links Inside XML Clickable Links Inside XML 2022-06-20 With the recent patch to the Shinobi Website project, I...
20th Jun 2022
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Clickable Links Inside XML

from Making software better without sacrificing user experience. [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th Jun 2022
Clickable Links Inside XML 2022-06-20 With the recent patch to the Shinobi Website project, I thought it would be best to share my experience implementing clickable links inside a rendered XML RSS file directly through a browser. This is made possible thanks to the awesome power...
6th Mar 2013
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Why Should You (Or Anyone) Become An Engineering Manager? The first piece I ever wrote about engineering management, The Engineer/Manager Pendulum, was...
15th Dec 2023
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Why Should You (Or Anyone) Become An Engineering Manager?

from charity.wtf [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th Dec 2023
The first piece I ever wrote about engineering management, The Engineer/Manager Pendulum, was written as a love letter to a friend of mine who was unhappy at work. He was an engineering director at a large and fast-growing startup, where he had substantially built out the entire...
The GPU Banana Stand Freshly whipped WebGPU, with ice cream I recently rolled out version 0.7 of Use.GPU, my...
20th Jul 2022
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The GPU Banana Stand

from Acko.net [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th Jul 2022
Freshly whipped WebGPU, with ice cream I recently rolled out version 0.7 of Use.GPU, my declarative/reactive WebGPU library. This includes features and goodies by itself. But most important are the code patterns which are all nicely slotting into place. This continues to be...
🔥 Battling daily procrastination 🔥Procrastination is a serious threat. But what keeps so many of us from doing what we long to do?...
7th Mar 2022
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🔥 Battling daily procrastination

from Vadim Kravcenko [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Mar 2022
🔥Procrastination is a serious threat. But what keeps so many of us from doing what we long to do? What […] The post 🔥 Battling daily procrastination appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Free Edition of Charles Gounod’s Le Crucifix I typeset a Creative Commons edition of Charles Gounod's a cappella choral work 'Le Crucifix'.
1st Oct 2013
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Free Edition of Charles Gounod’s Le Crucifix

from Jordan Eldredge's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Oct 2013
I typeset a Creative Commons edition of Charles Gounod's a cappella choral work 'Le Crucifix'.
On over-engineering; Architecture Edition I recently wrote about over-engineering and striking a good balance between making your code “too”...
10th Dec 2024
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On over-engineering; Architecture Edition

from Eliran Turgeman [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Dec 2024
I recently wrote about over-engineering and striking a good balance between making your code “too” future-proof and not making it future-proof at all. Some time later, I realized it was missing a critical perspective. I hadn’t addressed over-engineering from an architectural...
How to Vibe Code as a Senior Engineer Over the past few months, I’ve rediscovered my love for building software. Not in the traditional...
20th Jun 2025
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How to Vibe Code as a Senior Engineer

from Alex MacCaw [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th Jun 2025
Over the past few months, I’ve rediscovered my love for building software. Not in the traditional way—writing line after line of code, plumbing together brittle libraries, grinding through boilerplate. Instead, I’ve been vibe coding. Vibe coding is a new way of building software...
25th Mar 2024
Concurrent locks and MultiXacts in Postgres Pretty recently, I was troubleshooting a performance issue in a production Rails app backed by...
11th Dec 2023
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Concurrent locks and MultiXacts in Postgres

from Dan Slimmon [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Dec 2023
Pretty recently, I was troubleshooting a performance issue in a production Rails app backed by Postgres. There was this one class of query that would get slower and slower over the course of about an hour. The exact pathology is a tale for another time, but the investigation led...
Process Debt I’m sure you’ve worked at companies where you felt that they were moving slowly and it was not even...
10th Dec 2023
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Process Debt

from Vadim Kravcenko [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Dec 2023
I’m sure you’ve worked at companies where you felt that they were moving slowly and it was not even worth […] The post Process Debt appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
A Friendly Introduction to Spring Physics Of all the little tips and techniques I've picked up over the years about animation, spring physics...
21st Sep 2020
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A Friendly Introduction to Spring Physics

from Josh Comeau's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

21st Sep 2020
Of all the little tips and techniques I've picked up over the years about animation, spring physics remains one of the most powerful and flexible. In this tutorial, we'll learn how to harness their power to build fluid, organic transitions.
10th Feb 2014
What I'm up to - January 2023 ✨ Highlights of last month - Traveled to Hilton Head, Savannah, and Denver for the holidays - Had a...
1st Jan 2023
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What I'm up to - January 2023

from Philip Ilic Thomas [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jan 2023
✨ Highlights of last month - Traveled to Hilton Head, Savannah, and Denver for the holidays - Had a couple of flights canceled by Southwest - Published "Why I built Postcard: A calmer alternative to s...
28th Jul 2014
Turbo 8 released We’re excited to announce the release of Turbo v8, a major update to the Turbo front-end framework....
7th Feb 2024
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Turbo 8 released

from 37signals Dev [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Feb 2024
We’re excited to announce the release of Turbo v8, a major update to the Turbo front-end framework. This release introduces a suite of innovative features designed to enhance web development and user experiences across the board. Here are the key highlights of Turbo v8: Morphing...
Hardbrücke, Zürich The area around the Zürich Hardbrücke train station, while not exactly a center of tourism, is quite...
2nd Sep 2012
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Hardbrücke, Zürich

from Liz Denys [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Sep 2012
The area around the Zürich Hardbrücke train station, while not exactly a center of tourism, is quite a captivating neighborhood. It's literally quite colorful, and home to Freitag's flagship store.
My first two weeks at Igalia After my first two weeks at Igalia, while everything is new, it also feels as if I've come back home...
22nd Mar 2024
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My first two weeks at Igalia

from The Web Witch's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Mar 2024
After my first two weeks at Igalia, while everything is new, it also feels as if I've come back home after 2 years away from the web platform space. There is so much new information about web platform projects to digest and I've been slowly figuring out how things work around...
20th Jun 2024
Designing a version In modern software development, a project isn't a project without a proper versioning scheme. Weak...
23rd Feb 2016
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Designing a version

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Feb 2016
In modern software development, a project isn't a project without a proper versioning scheme. Weak version management neglects clients like lack of source control neglects collaborators. Dependency management and migration rely on versions. Beyond the technical, a project's...
The Power of Principles in Web Development Decision-Making (article) Discover how The Epic Programming Principles can transform your web development decision-making,...
11th Mar 2025
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The Power of Principles in Web Development Decision-Making (article)

from Epic Web Dev [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Mar 2025
Discover how The Epic Programming Principles can transform your web development decision-making, boost your career, and help you build better software.
Haunt 0.4.0 released I'm quite a bit late on this one, but Haunt version 0.4.0 was released released back in July. I...
19 hours ago
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Haunt 0.4.0 released

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

19 hours ago
I'm quite a bit late on this one, but Haunt version 0.4.0 was released released back in July. I haven't had much time for blogging, but I'm catching up now! This release contains a small set of improvements and bug fixes since the 0.3.0 release in 2024. About Haunt Haunt is a...
Poor Man's CSS Full-Bleed Layout Poor Man's CSS Full-Bleed Layout 2020-10-07 I recently came across the very well written and...
7th Oct 2020
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Poor Man's CSS Full-Bleed Layout

from Making software better without sacrificing user experience. [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Oct 2020
Poor Man's CSS Full-Bleed Layout 2020-10-07 I recently came across the very well written and interesting article, Full-Bleed Layout Using CSS Grid, while browsing my daily designer feeds. I won't go into the post's specifics here (I recommend you read the article for yourself)...
ephemerons vs generations in whippet Happy new year, hackfolk! Today, a note about . I thought I was done with them, but it seems they...
9th Jan 2025
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ephemerons vs generations in whippet

from wingolog [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Jan 2025
Happy new year, hackfolk! Today, a note about . I thought I was done with them, but it seems they are not done with me. The question at hand is, how do we efficiently and correctly implement ephemerons in a generational collector? ‘s answer turns out to be simple but...
Announcing CalVer It's about time. Technologists expect things to get better with time. Your current laptop has more...
22nd Jun 2016
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Announcing CalVer

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Jun 2016
It's about time. Technologists expect things to get better with time. Your current laptop has more RAM than the last, your current car is safer than its predecessor, and the latest version of your code is certainly the best ever. What if the same be said of versioning...
Add Netlify Identity Authentication to any React App in 5 minutes with React Context, Hooks and... Adding authentication is a pain point for many React beginners. We’ve made it ridiculously easy to...
21st Jun 2019
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21st Jun 2019
Adding authentication is a pain point for many React beginners. We’ve made it ridiculously easy to add Netlify Identity onto any React app, including create-react-app, Gatsby, Next.js, or any other setup you may have, by wrapping it all into one simple React Hook! However, this...
Refusing to verify myself: I am liz on Keybase.io. Keybase seeks to be a "public directory of publicly auditable public keys" with simpler usernames...
31st Mar 2014
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Refusing to verify myself: I am liz on Keybase.io.

from Liz Denys [alt+shift+b] in programming

31st Mar 2014
Keybase seeks to be a "public directory of publicly auditable public keys" with simpler usernames than PGP and verified account linking to popular sites such as Twitter and GitHub. This is awesome because "PGP for humans" is long overdue and because I snatched up the namespace...
Achieving Data Integrity Using Cryptography Data integrity refers to the accuracy, legitimacy, and consistency of information in a system. When...
4th May 2020
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Achieving Data Integrity Using Cryptography

from Boot.dev Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th May 2020
Data integrity refers to the accuracy, legitimacy, and consistency of information in a system. When a message is sent, particularly using an untrusted medium, data integrity provides us with confidence that the message wasn’t tampered with. For example, the SSL signature of...
Doing versus Delegating A staff+ skill
6th Aug 2025
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Doing versus Delegating

from Basta’s Notes [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Aug 2025
A staff+ skill
Email tips from the drowning I have never seen an email message too short. – Roman and Raphaelson, Writing That Works Email is a...
13th Jun 2023
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Email tips from the drowning

from Tyler Cipriani: blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Jun 2023
I have never seen an email message too short. – Roman and Raphaelson, Writing That Works Email is a cornerstone of remote work and a colossal waste of time. People say: “That meeting could have been an email.” But I’d add: “That email could have been a few bullet points.” Writing...
How to screen developers When screening developers at a startup, you have competing goals. On the one hand, you have limited...
2nd May 2018
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How to screen developers

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd May 2018
When screening developers at a startup, you have competing goals. On the one hand, you have limited resources to dedicate to the hiring process, so you want a process that minimizes the work for you and your team. On the other hand, you have a challenging time attracting talented...
Curried pumpkin soup Despite growing up in Chicago where winter is defined as "more traffic" and "delayed flights," the...
2nd Feb 2010
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Curried pumpkin soup

from Liz Denys [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Feb 2010
Despite growing up in Chicago where winter is defined as "more traffic" and "delayed flights," the first thing that comes to mind in winter is creamy squash soups. In the haze of moving, Mystery Hunt, and working on writing 6.042 problems this IAP, I somehow neglected making soup...
Moving from WordPress to Substack Well, shit. I wrote my first blog post in this space on December 27th, 2015 — almost exactly a...
14th Dec 2025
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Moving from WordPress to Substack

from charity.wtf [alt+shift+b] in programming

14th Dec 2025
Well, shit. I wrote my first blog post in this space on December 27th, 2015 — almost exactly a decade ago. “Hello, world.” I had just left Facebook, hadn’t yet formally incorporated Honeycomb, and it just felt like it was time, long past time for me to put something up and start...
Just stop adding people. “Communication is a sign of dysfunction.” – Jeff Bezos, via Brad Stone, The Everything Store Slack...
28th Mar 2023
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Just stop adding people.

from Tyler Cipriani: blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

28th Mar 2023
“Communication is a sign of dysfunction.” – Jeff Bezos, via Brad Stone, The Everything Store Slack is a great way to destroy a workday. You can lose whole days hammering out details with coworkers across a few Slack threads. But communication is the cost you pay for capacity—the...
JavaScript Benchmarking Is a Mess Design decisions core to JavaScript have caused a multitude of problems for benchmarking. Is there a...
23rd Dec 2024
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JavaScript Benchmarking Is a Mess

from ByteofDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Dec 2024
Design decisions core to JavaScript have caused a multitude of problems for benchmarking. Is there a solution to this?
I Love You Truly [Ukulele Mp3] I arranged and recorded 'I Love You Truly' on electric ukulele for Chelsea.
10th Feb 2012
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I Love You Truly [Ukulele Mp3]

from Jordan Eldredge's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Feb 2012
I arranged and recorded 'I Love You Truly' on electric ukulele for Chelsea.
Fun with IE7 and the Zoom Property This bug threw me for a loop. A CSS optimizer thought it was doing me a favor by “fixing” any...
29th Jun 2012
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Fun with IE7 and the Zoom Property

from Alex Meub [alt+shift+b] in programming

29th Jun 2012
This bug threw me for a loop. A CSS optimizer thought it was doing me a favor by “fixing” any invalid numbers. It replaces .my_class{ zoom:1; } with .my_class{ zoom:1px; } Those two characters (“px”) on the zoom property will blow up IE7 as it tries to zoom to a value in...
Databases = Frameworks for Distributed Systems This article was originally posted on dev.to, but it turns out that HackerNews banned this website,...
21st May 2022
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Databases = Frameworks for Distributed Systems

from Posts on Nikita Lapkov [alt+shift+b] in programming

21st May 2022
This article was originally posted on dev.to, but it turns out that HackerNews banned this website, so I decided to create my own. Feel free to join the discussion on HackerNews. Lego of the database world It is quite common for a distributed database to have the following...
The Two Classes of Software Engineer “Software engineer” has become a ubiquitous term for people who write, deploy, architect, or...
5th Mar 2021
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The Two Classes of Software Engineer

from Boot.dev Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Mar 2021
“Software engineer” has become a ubiquitous term for people who write, deploy, architect, or sometimes even simply test code. In reality, I think there are two classes of “software engineers”; those who understand computer science well enough to do challenging, innovative work,...
The Design Process There’s a recurring take doing the rounds on socials. Thought leaders declaring that AI has killed...
4th Mar 2026
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The Design Process

from Marc Astbury [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Mar 2026
There’s a recurring take doing the rounds on socials. Thought leaders declaring that AI has killed the design process (e.g. Lenny’s podcast). I personally think they’re wrong. But more importantly, I think most people (including designers) don’t know what they mean when they say...
Tips for a successful WooCommerce project I recently wrapped up a very large WooCommerce build that I am planning on writing a case study for...
29th Oct 2017
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Tips for a successful WooCommerce project

from Daniel Immke [alt+shift+b] in programming

29th Oct 2017
I recently wrapped up a very large WooCommerce build that I am planning on writing a case study for next month. In the meantime, I thought I…
Forty-two I'm 42 years old today. This is a personal post about where I am now, what's going on in my head,...
26th Oct 2022
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Forty-two

from Josh Collinsworth [alt+shift+b] in programming

26th Oct 2022
I'm 42 years old today. This is a personal post about where I am now, what's going on in my head, and 42 things I've learned (or at least, think I've learned).
Using Pytester to test my Playwright fixtures A month ago, I wrote about my Playwright fixture for testing static websites in a browser. I’ve been...
5th Jun 2026
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Using Pytester to test my Playwright fixtures

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Jun 2026
A month ago, I wrote about my Playwright fixture for testing static websites in a browser. I’ve been copying that fixture from project-to-project, but recently I decided to add it to chives, the utility library I use for all my static websites (or tiny archives). One of my rules...
A Tour of Winamp2-js Features Demo videos of Winamp2-js' more interesting features with notes on how they are implemented.
8th Mar 2018
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A Tour of Winamp2-js Features

from Jordan Eldredge's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Mar 2018
Demo videos of Winamp2-js' more interesting features with notes on how they are implemented.
Getting duplicate ids in an HTML document I needed a way to identify all HTML elements with duplicate IDs. This is a seemingly simple task,...
5th Apr 2019
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Getting duplicate ids in an HTML document

from A Beautiful Site [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Apr 2019
I needed a way to identify all HTML elements with duplicate IDs. This is a seemingly simple task, but unfortunately, I didn't find anything out there that fit the bill. I did find a couple functions that returned the duplicates, but they didn't include the first occurrence (I...
Improving Github's New Design Improving Github's New Design 2020-07-07 Like many other Github users, I am not a big fan of their...
7th Jul 2020
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Improving Github's New Design

from Making software better without sacrificing user experience. [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Jul 2020
Improving Github's New Design 2020-07-07 Like many other Github users, I am not a big fan of their recent repository page redesign. In my mind it seems like a change just for the sake of change - the original UI worked perfectly fine. Sigh. I was planning on recreating the...
Understanding easing and cubic-bezier curves in CSS The easing curve can make or break any animation on the web. Let's look at the science of CSS...
22nd Feb 2023
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Understanding easing and cubic-bezier curves in CSS

from Josh Collinsworth [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Feb 2023
The easing curve can make or break any animation on the web. Let's look at the science of CSS cubic-bezier curves, and the art of using them to make the best web animations possible.
The paper computer Now that we have actually good AI, I have this vision of a form of computing that doesn’t involve me...
9th Apr 2026
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The paper computer

from the jsomers.net blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Apr 2026
Now that we have actually good AI, I have this vision of a form of computing that doesn’t involve me using a computer so much. Imagine you had the day’s emails to go through. It would be nice if the ones that required a simple decision could be dispatched with a few pen-strokes:...
Observer Theory The Concept of the Observer We call it perception. We call it measurement. We call it analysis. But...
11th Dec 2023
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Observer Theory

from Stephen Wolfram Writings [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Dec 2023
The Concept of the Observer We call it perception. We call it measurement. We call it analysis. But in the end it’s about how we take the world as it is, and derive from it the impression of it that we have in our minds. We might have thought that we could do science “purely […]
From Cloudwashing to O11ywashing I was just watching a panel on observability, with a handful of industry executives and experts who...
24th Nov 2025
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From Cloudwashing to O11ywashing

from charity.wtf [alt+shift+b] in programming

24th Nov 2025
I was just watching a panel on observability, with a handful of industry executives and experts who shall remain nameless and hopefully duly obscured—their identities are not the point, the point is that this is a mainstream view among engineering executives and my head is...
Introducing TongueType I just launched my first macOS app called TongueType. It's voice dictation that runs entirely on...
14th May 2026
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Introducing TongueType

from A Beautiful Site [alt+shift+b] in programming

14th May 2026
I just launched my first macOS app called TongueType. It's voice dictation that runs entirely on your Mac. Hold a key, speak, release, and your words appear wherever your cursor happens to be. I build small, simple, stable software. TongueType fits that description, and it...
Before and after Almost Perfect At the beginning of this year, I spent a couple of weeks at the Almost Perfect creative residence in...
8th Jul 2024
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Before and after Almost Perfect

from Contraption Co. [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Jul 2024
At the beginning of this year, I spent a couple of weeks at the Almost Perfect creative residence in Tokyo, run by Luis and Yuka. This week Luis and Yuka published a podcast we recorded during my residence. The first half was recorded on the first day of my stay,
The Law of Stretched [Cognitive] Systems 2022/12/15 The Law of Stretched [Cognitive] Systems One of the things I knew right when I started at...
15th Dec 2022
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The Law of Stretched [Cognitive] Systems

from Ferd.ca [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th Dec 2022
2022/12/15 The Law of Stretched [Cognitive] Systems One of the things I knew right when I started at my current job is that a lot of my work would be for "nothing." I'm saying this because I work (as Staff SRE) for an observability vendor, and engineers tend to operate under the...
Logical Quantifiers in Software I realize that for all I've talked about Logic for Programmers in this newsletter, I never once...
2nd Jul 2025
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Logical Quantifiers in Software

from Computer Things [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Jul 2025
I realize that for all I've talked about Logic for Programmers in this newsletter, I never once explained basic logical quantifiers. They're both simple and incredibly useful, so let's do that this week! Sets and quantifiers A set is a collection of unordered, unique elements....
In Memoriam, Encountering World War I, and Thinkable Horrors A delayed education on the trenches and scales of suffering
18th Jul 2026
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In Memoriam, Encountering World War I, and Thinkable Horrors

from Maggie Appleton [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Jul 2026
A delayed education on the trenches and scales of suffering
Aggregation and Tiling as Multicomputational Processes The Importance of Multiway Systems It’s all about systems where there can in effect be many possible...
3rd Nov 2023
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Aggregation and Tiling as Multicomputational Processes

from Stephen Wolfram Writings [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Nov 2023
The Importance of Multiway Systems It’s all about systems where there can in effect be many possible paths of history. In a typical standard computational system like a cellular automaton, there’s always just one path, defined by evolution from one state to the next. But in a...
Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet Dnsmasq Valet ¶Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel...
9th Sep 2019
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Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet

from Sometimes It Works :: simonhamp.me [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Sep 2019
Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet Dnsmasq Valet ¶Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet Valet is great. Occasionally though I need an app to respond on a different TLD to the default one. And there are even times when it makes sense to have an app respond on multiple...
The Giant's Cup On running trails
5th Jun 2026
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The Giant's Cup

from Herman's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Jun 2026
On running trails
I Left my previous job to Work on nzyme Full Time Today, I am incredibly excited to announce that I left my previous position to work on nzyme...
17th Jan 2023
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I Left my previous job to Work on nzyme Full Time

from Lennart Koopmann (KJ5KRF) [alt+shift+b] in programming

17th Jan 2023
Today, I am incredibly excited to announce that I left my previous position to work on nzyme full-time. Working as founder and CTO for almost ten years and helping the company grow to more than 125 full-time employees, I have learned a lot that I can now put to work again.
Be Kind in Code Review We have a “book” club at work. I say “book” because it’s more of a media club – we discuss books,...
10th Dec 2019
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Be Kind in Code Review

from Tyler Cipriani: blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Dec 2019
We have a “book” club at work. I say “book” because it’s more of a media club – we discuss books, articles, videos – anything that’s topic is related to engineering productivity. We recently read Google’s Engineering Practices doc How to do a code review. The guiding principles...
Generative AI Space and the Mental Imagery of Alien Minds AIs and Alien Minds How do alien minds perceive the world? It’s an old and oft-debated question in...
17th Jul 2023
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Generative AI Space and the Mental Imagery of Alien Minds

from Stephen Wolfram Writings [alt+shift+b] in programming

17th Jul 2023
AIs and Alien Minds How do alien minds perceive the world? It’s an old and oft-debated question in philosophy. And it now turns out to also be a question that rises to prominence in connection with the concept of the ruliad that’s emerged from our Wolfram Physics Project. I’ve...
(incomplete) Getting your O1 Visa as Fast as Possible (2024) I have just received my O1A Visa and like for the H1B1, I figured I should write down my experience,...
11th May 2023
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(incomplete) Getting your O1 Visa as Fast as Possible (2024)

from swyx's site RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th May 2023
I have just received my O1A Visa and like for the H1B1, I figured I should write down my experience, thoughts, and tips for those who may wish to make the same journey. Note that I am not a professional at this, I'm just a guy who recently went through it so dont rely on me for...
Kagi search introduces Team plan Today we are excited to announce the launch of the Kagi search Team plan.
18th Oct 2022
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Kagi search introduces Team plan

from Kagi Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Oct 2022
Today we are excited to announce the launch of the Kagi search Team plan.
FaceTime video/audio broken by Private Internet Access VPN client on Mac I recently diagnosed that the cause of FaceTime being broken on my Mac was the Private Internet...
4 weeks ago
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FaceTime video/audio broken by Private Internet Access VPN client on Mac

from Jordan Eldredge's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

4 weeks ago
I recently diagnosed that the cause of FaceTime being broken on my Mac was the Private Internet Access VPN client
Create a Performance-Focused WordPress Blog Create a Performance-Focused WordPress Blog 2021-09-08 With my recent switch back to WordPress, and...
8th Sep 2021
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Create a Performance-Focused WordPress Blog

from bt RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Sep 2021
Create a Performance-Focused WordPress Blog 2021-09-08 With my recent switch back to WordPress, and having read Kev Quirk’s latest post about Core Web Vitals, I wanted to make sure my blog still prioritized speed and performance above all else. I’m happy to say that I have...
Building and launching my first iPhone app (And doing it the hard way.)
29th Jun 2019
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Building and launching my first iPhone app

from Daniel Immke [alt+shift+b] in programming

29th Jun 2019
(And doing it the hard way.)
Project 2: Gift cards to Pakistan I’ve completed a freelance project I was working on for a few months, and have started saying no to...
10th Nov 2024
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Project 2: Gift cards to Pakistan

from Jibran’s Perspective [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Nov 2024
I’ve completed a freelance project I was working on for a few months, and have started saying no to new opportunities. It’s time to work on one of my own ideas again. This is part of my plan to start failing more. I’ve decided to build a business sending gift cards to Pakistan -...
Standards for ANSI escape codes Hello! Today I want to talk about ANSI escape codes. For a long time I was vaguely aware of ANSI...
7th Mar 2025
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Standards for ANSI escape codes

from Julia Evans [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Mar 2025
Hello! Today I want to talk about ANSI escape codes. For a long time I was vaguely aware of ANSI escape codes (“that’s how you make text red in the terminal and stuff”) but I had no real understanding of where they were supposed to be defined or whether or not there were...
A Friendly Introduction to Container Queries It’s been a couple of years since container queries started landing in browsers… so why isn’t anyone...
4th Nov 2024
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A Friendly Introduction to Container Queries

from Josh Comeau's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Nov 2024
It’s been a couple of years since container queries started landing in browsers… so why isn’t anyone using them? It turns out that container queries are kinda tricky; they’re not as straightforward as media queries. In this tutorial, we’ll break it all down and make sense of...
Video: Barbershop tag taught with hand signs I recorded a video multitrack of a barbershop tag, showing all four parts in sol-feg hand signs.
14th Jun 2008
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Video: Barbershop tag taught with hand signs

from Jordan Eldredge's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

14th Jun 2008
I recorded a video multitrack of a barbershop tag, showing all four parts in sol-feg hand signs.
Fixing delivery: a guide for engineering managers Humans, by and large, feel good when they set small goals and meet them regularly. – Camille...
16th Aug 2022
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Fixing delivery: a guide for engineering managers

from Tyler Cipriani: blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

16th Aug 2022
Humans, by and large, feel good when they set small goals and meet them regularly. – Camille Fournier, The Manager’s Path Shipping motivates software teams. So it’s understandable for a team’s morale to suffer when delivery drags. Getting the team pushing software they’re proud...
Command Line HDR Image Processing Expensive cameras don’t take better photos. Folks tend to learn this when they do the first...
29th Jun 2021
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Command Line HDR Image Processing

from Tyler Cipriani: blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

29th Jun 2021
Expensive cameras don’t take better photos. Folks tend to learn this when they do the first side-by-side between their gorgeous iPhoneograhy and the objectively worse shots taken with their fancy new $2,000 DSLR. Cell phones have itty-bitty sensors and equally lilliputian optics...
Write on the Boot.dev Blog We’ve just opened up the Boot.dev Blog to public contributions! We’re really excited to see all the...
2nd Sep 2022
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Write on the Boot.dev Blog

from Boot.dev Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Sep 2022
We’ve just opened up the Boot.dev Blog to public contributions! We’re really excited to see all the great stories that our readers and students will create.
Beware The Fallacy of Composition Many things that make sense individually don't make sense as a group.
1st Oct 2020
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Beware The Fallacy of Composition

from swyx's site RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Oct 2020
Many things that make sense individually don't make sense as a group.
Rebuilding your Spotlight index in macOS I use Spotlight more than I like to admit, usually for launching apps. Recently, some of my apps and...
14th Jul 2017
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Rebuilding your Spotlight index in macOS

from A Beautiful Site [alt+shift+b] in programming

14th Jul 2017
I use Spotlight more than I like to admit, usually for launching apps. Recently, some of my apps and files stopped appearing — even ones I access frequently. After sifting through numerous posts online, I finally discovered one that seems to work. Running this command in the...
A societal failure on all levels A week in San Francisco
1st May 2026
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A societal failure on all levels

from Basta’s Notes [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2026
A week in San Francisco
The World of CSS Transforms The “transform” property is such a powerful part of the CSS language! In this blog post, we'll take...
9th Aug 2021
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The World of CSS Transforms

from Josh Comeau's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Aug 2021
The “transform” property is such a powerful part of the CSS language! In this blog post, we'll take a deep look at this property and see some of the nifty things it can do.
We spend $45,000 on doing more weird every month "Do more weird" is an actual PostHog company value , and we have a discretionary $45k/mo budget...
5th Aug 2026
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We spend $45,000 on doing more weird every month

from Eric Migicovsky's Blog RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Aug 2026
"Do more weird" is an actual PostHog company value , and we have a discretionary $45k/mo budget that anyone can use to bring weird ideas to life…
Clip sharing with Overcast Sharing podcasts has never been easy, but I’ve always tried to lead the way with Overcast, with...
27th Apr 2019
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Clip sharing with Overcast

from Marco.org [alt+shift+b] in programming

27th Apr 2019
Sharing podcasts has never been easy, but I’ve always tried to lead the way with Overcast, with publicly shareable episode links and optional recommendations from your Twitter friends since version 1.0 in 2014. Podcast sharing has been limited to audio and links, but today’s...
Behind the Scenes with Two New Salary Transparency Websites On the back of US salary transparency regulations, two new salary transparency websites have...
6th Apr 2023
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Behind the Scenes with Two New Salary Transparency Websites

from The Pragmatic Engineer [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Apr 2023
On the back of US salary transparency regulations, two new salary transparency websites have launched, built by the creators of Levels.fyi and Layoffs.fyi. I talked to both teams to learn how they were developed.
The Manager's Handbook I've been writing a book on management for the last two years. Today it's getting released! The...
9th Sep 2021
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The Manager's Handbook

from Alex MacCaw [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Sep 2021
I've been writing a book on management for the last two years. Today it's getting released! The paperback and Kindle versions are now available on Amazon (along with the free web version). If you've read and enjoyed it, please Tweet about how it'
A Shelfish Starter Guide to Databases The absolute minimum you need to know about data storage
10th Mar 2019
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A Shelfish Starter Guide to Databases

from Maggie Appleton [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Mar 2019
The absolute minimum you need to know about data storage
Happy Holidays! We Come Bringing Gifts! It’s only been a little over 2 weeks since we released elementary OS 8, but we’re already back with...
13th Dec 2024
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Happy Holidays! We Come Bringing Gifts!

from elementary Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Dec 2024
It’s only been a little over 2 weeks since we released elementary OS 8, but we’re already back with updates just in time for the holidays! Terminal The headliner this month is Terminal which comes with a bunch of fixes and new features thanks to Jeremy. It now uses the more...
Persisting React State in localStorage A common thing in React development is that we want to store a bit of React state in localStorage,...
24th Feb 2020
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Persisting React State in localStorage

from Josh Comeau's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

24th Feb 2020
A common thing in React development is that we want to store a bit of React state in localStorage, and re-initialize from that value on the next page-load. This quick tutorial shows you how we can build a custom hook that does exactly this!
Developer relations Apple’s leaders continue to deny developers of two obvious truths: That our apps provide substantial...
3rd Jun 2021
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Developer relations

from Marco.org [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Jun 2021
Apple’s leaders continue to deny developers of two obvious truths: That our apps provide substantial value to iOS beyond the purchase commissions collected by Apple. That any portion of our customers came to our apps from our own marketing or reputation, rather than the App...
CSS Video Backgrounds CSS Video Backgrounds 2018-04-16 With the release of Safari 11.1 on macOS and Safari on iOS 11.3,...
16th Apr 2018
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CSS Video Backgrounds

from bt RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

16th Apr 2018
CSS Video Backgrounds 2018-04-16 With the release of Safari 11.1 on macOS and Safari on iOS 11.3, developers now have the ability to support background videos (mp4 support only - at the time of this article) with pure CSS. Example: .video-background { background-image:...
Vicuna A new LLaMA-derived model has appeared, called Vicuna. Now I've been playing with a lot of models...
5th Apr 2023
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Vicuna

from Cognitive Computations [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Apr 2023
A new LLaMA-derived model has appeared, called Vicuna. Now I've been playing with a lot of models like this, such as Alpaca and GPT4All. And I also fine-tuned my own. But Vicuna is a lot better. Here is a conversation I had with it. User: Write a limerick about language...
Recently Reading It is very easy to get ChatGPT to emit a series of words such as “I am happy to see you.”...
1st Oct 2024
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Recently

from macwright.com [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Oct 2024
Reading It is very easy to get ChatGPT to emit a series of words such as “I am happy to see you.” There are many things we don’t understand about how large language models work, but one thing we can be sure of is that ChatGPT is not happy to see you. Ted Chiang’s article about AI...
21st Sep 2025
Snappy UI Optimization with useDeferredValue useDeferredValue is one of the most underrated React hooks. It allows us to dramatically improve the...
13th May 2024
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Snappy UI Optimization with useDeferredValue

from Josh Comeau's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th May 2024
useDeferredValue is one of the most underrated React hooks. It allows us to dramatically improve the performance of our applications in certain contexts. I recently used it to solve a gnarly performance problem on this blog, and in this tutorial, I'll show you how! ⚡
My racism at accents Interesting NPR segment today: A powerful eruption on the sun disrupted radio signals on...
17th Dec 2023
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My racism at accents

from Nelson's Weblog [alt+shift+b] in programming

17th Dec 2023
Interesting NPR segment today: A powerful eruption on the sun disrupted radio signals on earth. What’s remarkable is it’s a PhD candidate talking to an NPR host about solar flares, completely in two Southern Black accents. Two women, at that. I am dismayed at my own involuntary...
The Joy of Easy Personal Radio: FRS, GMRS, and Motorola DLR/DTR Most of us carry cell phones with us almost everywhere we go. So much so that we often forget not...
15th Aug 2022
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The Joy of Easy Personal Radio: FRS, GMRS, and Motorola DLR/DTR

from The Changelog [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th Aug 2022
Most of us carry cell phones with us almost everywhere we go. So much so that we often forget not just the usefulness, but even the joy, of having our own radios. For instance: When traveling to national parks or other wilderness areas, family and friends can keep in touch even...
Adding Open Graph to Pelican I just added Open Graph support to this Pelican-generated site so pretty previews would show up when...
19th Apr 2018
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Adding Open Graph to Pelican

from Liz Denys [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Apr 2018
I just added Open Graph support to this Pelican-generated site so pretty previews would show up when people shared my posts, and I figured I'd share the fairly tidy way I went about it in case other people were interested. I only added support for articles, my journal entries,...
How to "FLOSS" as a Web Designer How to “FLOSS” as a Web Designer 2020-02-07 I have a profound respect for the open source community....
7th Feb 2020
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How to "FLOSS" as a Web Designer

from bt RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Feb 2020
How to “FLOSS” as a Web Designer 2020-02-07 I have a profound respect for the open source community. I most likely wouldn’t have the skills or knowledge I do today with it. Unfortunately, when I was just starting out in “web dev” some 10 years ago, proprietary software was the...
Clinical troubleshooting: diagnose any production issue, fast. Over the years, I've developed a reliable method for harnessing the diagnostic power of groups. My...
8th Mar 2024
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Clinical troubleshooting: diagnose any production issue, fast.

from Dan Slimmon [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Mar 2024
Over the years, I've developed a reliable method for harnessing the diagnostic power of groups. My approach is derived from a different field in which groups of experts with various levels of context need to reason together about problems in a complex, dynamic system:...
Exploring the Immersive Web with Wolvic When I was interviewing for a role with Microsoft Edge in early 2016, I got to my final interview in...
1st May 2024
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Exploring the Immersive Web with Wolvic

from The Web Witch's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2024
When I was interviewing for a role with Microsoft Edge in early 2016, I got to my final interview in the loop and I can still remember sitting across from my soon-to-be manager when he asked about the future of the web. HoloLens had been announced, so I must have had that in my...
nsnotifyd-2.3 released D’oh, I lost track of a bug report that should have been fixed in nsnotifyd-2.2. Thus, hot on the...
5th Dec 2024
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nsnotifyd-2.3 released

from Tony Finch's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Dec 2024
D’oh, I lost track of a bug report that should have been fixed in nsnotifyd-2.2. Thus, hot on the heels of [the previous release][prev], here’s nsnotifyd-2.3. Sorry for causing extra work to my uncountably many users! The nsnotifyd daemon monitors a set of DNS zones and runs a...
Correct vs Good Part 2: Can we have it both ways?
26th Mar 2025
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Correct vs Good

from General Robots [alt+shift+b] in programming

26th Mar 2025
Part 2: Can we have it both ways?
Automating Capacitive Buttons with a Modified Switchbot I’ve had a heater in my home office this winter and I’ve wished it could turn on/off automatically...
14th Mar 2023
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Automating Capacitive Buttons with a Modified Switchbot

from Alex Meub [alt+shift+b] in programming

14th Mar 2023
I’ve had a heater in my home office this winter and I’ve wished it could turn on/off automatically based on whether or not I was in the room. A smart outlet wouldn’t work for this because the heater has a manual switch. My next thought was to use my Switchbot smart button pusher,...
6th Aug 2023
Book Poll 2019 I've been feeling like I've skewed too much on empty calories recently. So I ran [this...
2nd Sep 2019
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Book Poll 2019

from swyx's site RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Sep 2019
I've been feeling like I've skewed too much on empty calories recently. So I ran [this poll](https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1168182079613485056):
How to Reverse Interview Investors I honestly never expected this to be a topic that was common enough to write up, however, it...
2nd Feb 2023
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How to Reverse Interview Investors

from swyx's site RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Feb 2023
I honestly never expected this to be a topic that was common enough to write up, however, it suddenly hit me today that it is the ultra niche topics that deserve writing up since it is the stuff that is outside the usual SERP riffraff.
The rough edges of Terraform that I awkwardly stumble over First and foremost, thanks to everyone who has subscribed recently. I know I’ve been quieter than...
7th Mar 2023
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The rough edges of Terraform that I awkwardly stumble over

from Basta’s Notes [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Mar 2023
First and foremost, thanks to everyone who has subscribed recently. I know I’ve been quieter than usual. I actually have a number of nearly-complete drafts ready to go, but each is waiting on something. Two of them are posts that I think y’all will hopefully enjoy very much!
Every Man a Microservice Contra Conway
8th Feb 2026
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Every Man a Microservice

from Grant Slatton's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Feb 2026
Contra Conway
Maintaining MediaWiki User Scripts via Git This week I’m at the Wikimedia Technical Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. I’ve attended a bunch...
14th Nov 2019
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Maintaining MediaWiki User Scripts via Git

from Tyler Cipriani: blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

14th Nov 2019
This week I’m at the Wikimedia Technical Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. I’ve attended a bunch of great sessions and I’m getting a lot out of my attendance. Today I attended a session about “user scripts” that piqued my interest. MediaWiki user scripts are powerful...
Faking 3D Elements with CSS Faking 3D Elements with CSS 2020-04-29 Although not always practical, creating the illusion that...
29th Apr 2020
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Faking 3D Elements with CSS

from Making software better without sacrificing user experience. [alt+shift+b] in programming

29th Apr 2020
Faking 3D Elements with CSS 2020-04-29 Although not always practical, creating the illusion that some of your web elements are 3D can be a fun experiment. I set out to see if I was able to create such an illusion with only 2 HTML elements and as little CSS as possible. This is...
The future of the App Store After the dust settles from the developer class-action settlement, the South Korean law, the JFTC...
13th Sep 2021
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The future of the App Store

from Marco.org [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Sep 2021
After the dust settles from the developer class-action settlement, the South Korean law, the JFTC announcement, and the Apple v. Epic decision, I think the most likely long-term outcome isn’t very different from the status quo — and that’s a good thing. Allowing external...
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